SciFinder e-seminar - Using SciFinder to Your Competitive Advantage

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

14:00–15:00 U.S. Eastern Standard Time
(19:00-20:00 GMT)

Rebroadcast date and times for the e-Seminar will be:
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at
6:00 AM EST (11:00 GMT) and
9:00 AM EST (14:00 GMT)

To register, visit: http://casevents.webex.com

* Learn how to quickly locate information about previous research before you start your research project

* Find out how to stay current on competitor information with SciFinder’s Keep Me Posted feature

Developing STEM education research practices

Thursday 9 July 2009,
University of Birmingham

Register via the link below to attend this workshop.

http://www.engsc.ac.uk/nef/events/developing-stem-education-research-practices.asp

Impact Factors - 2008 data available

2008 data for Journal Citation Reports is now available on the Web of Knowledge platform.

Access on- and off-campus (and to help sheets etc) from:

Library's A-Z Databases webpage

Web of Science also provides h-index figures. More about that from its own help pages.

More about citation analysis at:
Citing References, Cited Reference Searching and Journal Impact Factors

Main Library - 1st and 3rd floor - stock moving

The current journals, newspapers, newspaper indexes and microfilms on the 1st floor of the Main Library in George Square are being moved to the 3rd floor between Monday 22nd June 2009 and Wednesday 24th June 2009.

However, it is expected, material will only be unavailable for the short time it is removed from the shelves, in transit between floors and re-shelved.

3rd European Variety in Chemistry Education with Variety in Chemistry Education

2nd – 4th September 2009,
University of Manchester

The European counterpart of the UK conference Variety in Chemistry Education, is devoted to practical aspects of chemical education at tertiary (university) level. It provides a forum for the:

·exchange of ideas related to teaching and learning chemistry at degree level
·sharing of good practice and innovation
·dissemination of outcomes of pedagogic research as it relates to chemistry at university level in Europe

The submission of abstracts is invited for workshops, oral communications, oral Bytes. The deadline for submissions is 30th June 2009.

Please see the website for details of how to submit an abstract and how to register for the conference:

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/eurovariety

Main Library - ground floor - café open soon

Part of the "new" ground floor of the Main Library, George Square will be open for use next week: The new Main Library Café will be open on Monday 15th June.

During June and July, it will be open Mon-Fri, 9am to 4pm. Until the 1st of July access to the café will be from outside using the new external café doors.

SciFinder e-seminar 8th July - Using SciFinder® to Your Competitive Advantage

Wednesday, July 8, 2009
2:00 – 3:00 PM (14:00–15:00) U.S. Eastern Standard Time (19:00-20:00 GMT)

Rebroadcast date and times for the e-Seminar will be:
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 6:00 AM EST (11:00 GMT) and 9:00 AM EST (14:00 GMT)


* Learn how to quickly locate information about previous research before you start your research project

* Find out how to stay current on competitor information with SciFinder’s Keep Me Posted feature

* Hear how to browse the chemical space around molecules of interest with SubScape™, a visualization and analysis tool

To register, visit: http://casevents.webex.com

CrossFire downtime

Emergency Maintenance will affect most Mimas services including CrossFire from 10:00 BST (09:00 GMT) this Thursday, 11 June 2009. A short period of downtime is necessary to remedy a fault - MIMAS hopes no longer than 2 hours.

SciFinder Solutions webpage updated

Includes new content article about CAS’s expanded patent authority coverage and links to the latest podcast in the SciFinder series: Exploring New Methods of Fuel Production from Biomass.

Visit http:www.cas.org/support/scifi/sfsolutions/index.html

CDS petition for continued funding and Shibboleth access

CDS has an iPetition set up to help produce a Statement of Need (SoN) to ensure future EPSRC funding for a national chemical database facility.

http://cds.dl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/news/disp?ipetition

The deadline for production of the SoN is 12th June.


CDS latest newsletter can be found from http://cds.dl.ac.uk/newsletters

As well information about the available datasets, the summer newsletter mentions Shibboleth access to CDS. Using Shibboleth allows access to the CDS using your EASE login details (hover over the red square and choose "Institutional Login ('Shibboleth')."